(Press Release) – U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested several individuals attempting to smuggle illegal aliens from the countries of Mexico, Ecuador, Honduras, and El Salvador. “Criminal organizations attempt to utilize the holiday season to blend in with the busy traffic coming in and out of our communities,” said Del Rio…

(Press Release) On December 3, 2019, The City of Eagle Pass city leaders held a groundbreaking ceremony today for the City’s new state-of-the-art sports complex. Community members and local leaders attended the event to celebrate the City’s commitment to improving the lives of the Citizens of Eagle Pass. At the…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2019 After the December 2nd deadline for candidates to register for the Mayor’s position, two City Council members, Rudy Villalpando and Luis E. Sifuentes, registered for Mayor, vacating their City Council Places 2 and 4 and opening these two Council positions…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2019 Eagle Pass C. C. Winn High School Mavericks Head Football Coach Eric Villasenor has authorized the Eagle Pass Business Journal to announce the 2019 District 14-5A, Division I All-District Football Team selections as made by the District Head Football…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2019 Eagle Pass High School senior student Edwin Pua, Jr. was named a Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation Semi-Finalist among 93,000 applicants across the nation and now is one of 2,000 Semi-Finalists competing for a $20,000 Merit Scholarship, announced Jane Hale Hopkins,…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2019 Tejano Roots Hall of Fame and Museum President Ruben Lopez announced that Eagle Pass native son, Oscar Gonzalez, also known as “Oscar G,” has been selected by its Board of Directors to be inducted into the Tejano Roots Hall…

By: Anjali Tsui, ProPublica ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Cecila Avila was finishing a work shift at a Walmart. David Gordon was at church. Darrell Reese was watching his granddaughter at home….

Eric Galatas, Public News Service – TX AUSTIN, Texas — A bipartisan bill aimed at keeping wildlife populations healthy and off the endangered species list is set for markup by the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee this week. The Recovering America’s Wildlife Act would allocate $1.3 billion to state wildlife…

By Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune Dec. 3, 2019 “Retired Texas shrimper wins record-breaking $50 million settlement from plastics manufacturing giant” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues….

By Ross Ramsey, The Texas Tribune Dec. 2, 2019 “Analysis: Texas candidates have one week left to sign up or shut up” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide…